Big baby,

Does anyone else have a big baby? My daughter is 5 months & yesterday I found out she is 18 pounds & big for her age she is tall as well, I'm breastfeeding/pumping in a bottle 6oz of milk she gets every two hours, they want me to feed her every 3 hours but she is always hungry at 2, if anyone experienced this is normal or should I be concerned?

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My daughter has been in the 90-95 percentile on height, weight, and head size since she was born! Just because they’re big right now doesn’t always mean they’ll be big is how I’ve been looking at it! As long as they’re healthy I think we’re ok!!! I think she still eats about every 2-3 hours still too.

My son is in the 88th% for height and 70th for weight. He’s still eating every 2-4 hours during the day, usually a total of 30oz during day and a little purée and oatmeal in the morning. He’s happy and healthy and I’m not concerned at all.

My son turned 5 months on the 20th and is a little over 18.5 pounds and about 26.5 inches. I nurse on demand, could be every 1.5-3.5 hours during the day. Doctor isn't concerned!

Hi! My daughter is also on the taller side (almost 30 inches at her 4 month appointment-99% percentile). I breastfeed her every 2.5-3 hours. I think being hungry every two hours makes sense!

My son is 4 months and 16 pounds

Use a slower flow nipple and pace feed her.

Thanks girlies!
Really appreciate it all💓

My daughter was 18lbs at 5mo. She's big but trust their are bigger babies the same age. You should try adding a scoop of oatmeal cereal to her bottles to fill her up for longer. Works for my lo.

My son is 5 months 22 pounds and fitting into 12M clothes 🫠🙈

My son will be 5 months on Sunday and he’s 18lbs 8oz. I breastfeed and have no clue how much he’s eating or have a schedule for feeding him. I just kind of go with what he wants.
I wouldn’t be concerned, just feed her on demand. I wouldn’t worry about a baby being too big. She needs that weight for brain development. You’re doing a good job mama

My little girl is on the 99th centile and is just shy of 20lb already. I'm going to weigh her again either today or tomorrow and I'm sure she will be 20 now. She's just shy of 6 months but when she was 5 months she weighed 18lb too. My little one tries so hard to get 6oz every two hours and I've been trying to distract her with toys as much as I can and we've now managed to get her to go three hours x

Tbh she might be ready for puree. My son was the same way. I introduced him to baby oatmeal n puree at 4-6 mths. Homie started eating soft solids shortly while still breastfeeding. He 2 now n he is 82%

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